The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-09-27
THEATRICAL GOSSIP.
Sarah Bernhardt has lost her voice parma

Sarah B~ernhardt has lost her voice parma
nently. her physician fears
Myra Goodwin begins her tour in "Philo-
ene.r n new comedy by Edward 3. Kidder,
Oct 3.
Robson and Crane mention that they have
paid nearly s45, 90 In royalties to American
dramatists since 1877.
NJ Coquelin, the French actor, 10 now play
,no a ssrjes OF farewell engagements In
Enrone He will soon sail for Rio de Jarsiro.
Billy Emerson, the minstrel, can't travel
without his wife. and makes the poor WOMAN
sit m a proscenium box atevery performances.
Think Of being obliged 70 SEQ q minstrel sho"
eight times a week.
Iudwig Bamay Il 20 visit America TINS
winter under the management Of Conreid q
hermann He Is TO receive N,0D anignt
for thirty performances, twelve Of which VIII
h. given in New York at the Academy OF
Music.
Mr. + + Mackay has been engaged to Gre
ate the part Of Holly the Baboon) in Mr.. ILL
Iatte's version Of "She,' which is 10 bs pro-
duced at Niblo's. Mr.. Mackay's last appear
ance in New York was in The Main Linz
at the Lyceum
Mrs. Langtry feels confident that her hus-
band will not remove TO this country in order
70 fight her application for divorce. lie Is
said to receive $l25 per month as an induce
ment 70 remain in England, the sum being
guaranteed him during life.
Miss Minnie Palmer, who has just re-
turned from Europe via Australia, begins .
brief engagement AZ the Fourteenth street
theatre. New York, Oct 10. whore sbs Wi
be seen FOR the first time there In an operettA
entitled "The Ring and the Keeper"
The London Times says Of Mary Anderson's
double performance Of Hermoine and Psrdita
in a Winters Tale. % that she has abandoned
her early eccentricities Of treatment and in
vented another style more Objectionable, and
that il j. time for commos sense 20 interfere.
Elsie Leslie, who Is playing with e H.
Southern aud Herbert Archer In the little
sketch rEiitha's Burglar" in addition TO
"The Great Pink Pearl, " is but years old
but has been on he stage two seasons hr.
Joseph Jefferson IS a great friend OF her
parents. and took such a fancy 70 the child
that he insisted on having her do his chndrens
characters
Among recent deaths is that Of Mrs. r.
Barker, once a popular actress In England
bat %latterly in retirement. She Vas Of an
Irish family and related, IL IS understood TO
Mrs William Cowell. a prominent actress and
singer in Boston for many years, who ulti-
matelv. sitter the death Of her husband, settled
down in Chicago a. a teacher Of the dramatic
art II D.. said that Michael Bslfe, the COM
poser. was an uncle Of Mrs Barker
Herrmann's season is booming in the west
HIS new feature, The Black Art. has made
a tremendous hit The Chicago and Louis
vile business WAS immenSs. Negotiations arc
pending now FOR securing a prominent New
York theatre for a long run. Indications
point to this being Herrmsnn's greatest sea
son His repertoire Is 20 new and 80 entirely
liTerent from anything he ever produced
that be feels sanguins Of being ablo 70 put In
a number Of weeks In New York.
Mr. Harry G. Miner, who will have the man.
agement Of Mrs. j. b Potter's first profes-
.ioaal tour of the United States, has brought
from England the right 20 Use a new system
of cal ium lighting, lately introduced and
patented 10y the manager Of the Theatre
Royal. Manchester From seventy i've - $50
lights are used At once, and tho effect is said
to De wonderfully fine. Tho patentee will
send his own man over here 10 put The sys-
tam IN both Of the theatres In New York con
fcoilsi boy Mr.. Miner.